As the Dallas Mavericks ' top prospect , Cooper Flagg continues to navigate his rookie season , and he was brutally honest in his opinion about clutch situations. For Flagg, it isn't ideal. Although the first overall pick understands how beneficial clutch moments can be, Cooper wasn't afraid to admit he doesn't clutch moments , he said, per DLLS Mavs' X, formerly Twitter.

“I don't like a lot about it,” Cooper said. “I'd rather not be in a lot of close games. I'd rather it's not a really close game, coming down to the wire. But I think it's good experiences for us. For us to be in those minutes. Just go through it as a team and have that experience. It's all going to make us better in the end.”

With 1:20 left in the Mavericks' 114-110 win against the Los Angeles Clippers, Flagg w

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